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King George

24 lap Planes iiestroyed In lolomons ilald

\ 5y ,|ohn M. t Associated Press Staff Writer

‘ wasumeroer, Dee. ss- (arl-American airmen, ach- mlng their eatest triumph to 4st; over epanese forces at Mlnda in the central Solomon Islands, destroyed 2t enemy planes and silenced all anti. aircraft batteries the day before Christmas. the tilted States Navy announced today.

A communique said that all the atteckin planes returned undamaged heir base on Gnadalclsnak about I10 miles to the son eae

The number oi enemy craft wrecked-ii ahot down and l0 blown to ‘pieces on the ground -lrldicate that delillte heavy American attacks on Munda so. the pnt two week: the Japs were d edly trying to build up their there and to some extent at least. had succeeded in re lrlng damage previously iniiio

Military authorities said, how- ever, that so long aa the pre- sent ratio of losses continued Munda would prove more a liability than an allot to tile Japanese while offerln Amer- icsn forces in the aout Pacif- ic an easy target ior further wearln down oi enemy lfrrngi , '

On the basis of incomplete re- nlis to date the Jape have 0st 30 or more planes at Manda against known Amer- ican losses oi oni two. Their aircraft losses in he Solomons campaign now total 007.

Fllisiillssed CUT‘ ‘ Murder Charge

HALIFAX, Dec. 20 —(OP)—John .l. Thomas of nearby Beechville was dismissed oi a charge ofenurder- ing Mrs. Janet C. Snow last Dec. 1, by Magistrate R. Ii. Inglis here yesterday. A charge of inflicting Irevlcus bodiy harm was then laid lflinst Thomas.

He was released on $1.000 bail until preliminary hearing Jan. 8.

Th1. action followed a report by Dr. F‘. v. woodbury, medical ex- tminer, that influx-lea pdice said the woman auf ered in Beechville were "not the immediate cause of death." Dr. Wccdbury said Mrs. Bnolv had died oi e dlronlc arter-

dsense.

At a preliminary hearing on the murder charge. witnesses testified Mrs Snow had been in the 22- Yehr-old Negro’; home for two days brior to her death. Thomas told police he had taken her in off lhe glflfiwhen he sow her staggering, “M "k her hands to her face.

taming Events

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w"l{illkora Hall, Bingo and Dance tllllesday evening, December 30th. "Fernlert 7.7.7.. to ahlP buss advise Mcctuigon and Boyle 12-10 to 30

"NOW (Pas ow Gommunit Bun- day School delimit Monday’, Dec. '3 l" B e-m. 12 2o-

d “Darlce in Emerald Hall Mon- cfly. December asth. auspices -W b ll-19-23-26-28-4i.

"Annual meeting of New Dom- Afiozl Hall, D. H. Mac-

“wdda .Decemxb:lt-xg'til'. ll 30-“.

5°‘!!! .Beoretary. l‘ collect. unrest: I nmarltet prices. P. .Nov. Hum!‘ River. l-flt-g-M-ti. " adin il fr n vis s. ip"fi““£:.i‘“iili has M" th- Joh . n c. eccil "NHL

lllbif illlldfl

ti’ . nine-oi.

"We are buying iivs a ' dress- chickens nd l d1? - k:t "i3! w. {refil-

nlrllat it's silo m. lie If“. . F n one.“ "n": 43-3 “ ...._._..

median-a of Princl i gzl fli“ 1 . g. are rail ism .5!» December if at il pal. to Eff]? the funeral oi the late ‘fuel Bldofil Seaman. Secretary

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Christmas Message

War Shows Value Of “What We Might Have Lost”.

UONDON, Dec. as —(OP)- 1n a Christmas message in British

Ki stressed pire today and said the war hadhghgzm ‘itlihvalue oil what we m V0 0| l

“Many of you

speaking are far away he lid. "You the importance and meaning those outposts of Empire which the wisdom of our forefathers selected and which your faithfulness will defend.

"for there waa danger that we should lose such and this has open- ed our eyes to the value of what we mi ht have lost."

He eclared that "the lessons learned during the 40 tremendous months behind us have taught ua haw to work together for victory." and added that "we must see to it that we keep together after the war to build a worthier future."

"The meaaege oi C lltmll.” his lt-mlnut: ‘ an

ad na

unchanged. It i; a message of thankfuineaa and oi hope-of thaniifuinesg to the Almighty ior his great mercies, of hope for the return to this earth of peace and goodwill."

He mid that this year Britain was sharing her Christmas "with so many of our comrades in arms

overseas,”

greased the hope that their stay Britain would be “the basis of enduring understanding between our two peoples."

“Recent victories won by the United Nations enable me. this Christmas, to speak with flnn con- fidence about the future," the

c said.

"Oh the southern shores of the Mediterranean the 1st and 8th Armies, our fleets end air forces are advancing toward each other. heartened and greatly fortified by the timely and massive expedition- ary armies of the United States.

"Tremendous blows have been

‘ “strllckfiiy thrormiesrof the —soviet

Union, the effects cf which cannot yet be measured on the minds and bodies of the German people.

"In the Pacific we watch with thrilled attention the counter- strokes oi our Australian and Am- erican comrades.

"India, who is still threatened with J aness invasion, has found in her oyai fighting men more than a million stron champions to stand at the side o the British Alilllly in the defence of Indian so .

The King. speaking alone from his study in a country house, while the Queen and ninceeaeg listened through loudspeakers in another room. declared:-

Still Tasks Ahead

"We still have tasks ahead of us. perhaps harder even than those wh'ch we have already acccm llsh- ed. We face these confi erase. for today we stand together, no longer alone, no longer ill-armed, but ust as resolute as in the dark- est ours to do our duty, whatever comes."

The King said that the mropean Allles "count on our oi to h them return to their native lands and to rebuild the structure oi a free and gorluus Europe."

"On sea, on land, in the air, and in civil life at home," he declared, "a pattern cf effort and mutual service is being traced which may guide those who design the picture cf our future security."

,'I‘hen be told ttfs story of Pre- sident Lincoln:-

"A former President of the Unit- ed States used to tell oi s. boy whc was carrying an even smaller chi

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up a,hlll. ti "Asked whether the havy burden

was not too much for him, the boy

answered. ‘it's not a burden. It's my brother.‘ " And the King added:-

"Bo, let us- welcome the future in a spirit of brotherhood and thus make a wor‘d in which. please God. all may dwell together in Justice and in peace."

Federal Minister's Champagne Stolen

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." ma tu"°r'as"mus"°aa"'li chat with workers: they sing e. hymn duet. Their ville ale "booked" far ahead,

peoples throughout the world, the the importance of

in whom l am realise at first hand

from the UnitedStatesPandhe ex- thigiystaunmmnkhnya

14 danger oi death and

iiazi Loss In Dead, Wounded iiow 106,700

Russians Retake More Ground Alre ady Than In Last Win- ter’s Offensive.

Iy mo! GILMOBI Associated Prose staff Writer MOSCOW" Dec. 2.0 -(Satur-

day) — (AP)— Russian troops rolling on in the Middle Don sector captured several scores of villages in a eontlllllllll e4!- vence yesterday, killing or cap- turing 14,500 Germans to boost theirtctei to 106.100 in this single offensive, the Soviets an- nounced early today.

llegaln Mach Ground

MOBOOW, Dec. as -(AP) - Russisb four great offensives were deoored tnda to have regained more territory han the Soviets won all last winter and there were no signs oi slackening in the latest two drives in the Caucasus and on the middle Don Steppe; where the Red Army vanguards were within 135 miles oi Rostov.

Soviet mill commentators made the estimate. The specific miieages were not announced. Nine-tenths of the, regained ter-

is in the Don basin north of railway, but another vast chunk has been captured southwest oi Stalingrad. The Red Army's newest offensive southeast of Nalchik in the Terek Valley before the high central Caucasus mountains appeared to be on a. smaller scale than the other drives, but of sufficient weight to smash 12 miles through the Ger- man lines and take the sizeabls towns of Arden, Kadogomn, Neg- ksu, Alagir and Dzurilmu.

Nasig Short of Tanks

‘The Germans were reported to have w‘ttldrawn tanks from this area. in e. GCIDETIiZG-‘EKOTFWTBM- force the threatened Stalingrad salient. and new are in urgent need 0i them.

It is too early to determine whether this Caucasus break- throuilh. some 360 miles from Ros- tov, will spread over large areas, as have the middle Don and Stal- ingrad ofiensives.

Farm Lands lie-captured

Practically all the riot-i farm lands bounded by the Don. the tain- grad-Likheya railway and the Mos- cow-Rostolv line were reported in Russian hands. The capture of Kiloderv Dleceri the Reds within l5 miles of Mlllerovo. important railwav function that seemed a1. molt twisted, surrounded and by- messed.

‘Ills Russians have not yet claim- ed to have cut the railway learrno mutt-meat from Milerovo to Vor- oehilovlrrso. but it is till-cameo.

Special Plenary Indulgence Issued. By Pope Pius

BllRNE, Dec. 24 -—-(AP)— The Swiss teloereohlc etencv reported today from vutoon Oity that Pope t-hus has issued a. uuecial plenary indulgence for Catholics who, dur- ing air attack, find themselves in recite de- Wlltly. with repentance, the rosary and quote “Jesus misenri mei."

The text oi the decree was issued in Italian. all-emu. English and German and added that the rosary auntie recited in any oulal- 1m.

CB5 in New York recorded this ltcrne broadcast Wednesdey;._ Vatican City: l-fis Holiness, the Pope. i-aa decreed that, a; ion a. the oruent war lasts, the inns t- ents oi localities wh'eh are object. ivea 0f air bombings may recite the Drayfl’. ‘G1 1st have mercg on me"- is if e feels in anger of l-le will thus receive the full Plenary indulgence without minis- tration of the holv scwamenil.‘

Tragic Highway Crash At Halifax

ifALflAX, Dec. to -(0P)-lle- from placing a wreath on v e ht-year-old

rday when

turning his fa herb gra e. Ben Valle wla killed yes his mother's aliimncbile skidded on icy pavement at suburban Birch Cove. The was hurled from the car when a door flew open t before the vehicle struck a hig - Vi? Qtilfd poet. The mother, Mrs. A. Valle oi Halifax. suffered a fractured collar boneflrhe ohlid/wasanonly sou.

fltwussian Troops, Roll Ahead In Middle

be ordered unless the dangerous Stalingrad

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the eyes oi Russian ‘ from nearby dormant

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Year Of

The Food Front.

The following report _oi‘ Prince. Edward Island farm activities has been supplied by Mr. W.R.. Shaw, Deputy Minister of Argiculture:

The season of 1942 ilas been one oi the most delightful in the his- tory of the Province. Spring en- ecl early and. weather condi ions were oi such a nature that farmers were able to apply emselves - most every day with little break in the weather to the labour needs the field and on their cmpg and livestock. Splendid crop conditions enabled land owners with serious depleted labour supplies to take care of expanded program seedln and crop production. Clover on meadows developed well and a; a result the hay crop is one of the best in the history oi pile province.

In every de mnient e1 farm pm- ductlon in l 2, there has been, with the exception of grains a high record oi increase over the lbti sea- son. king into the next year, it ig eXlwcted, in order to meet national needs in war time ,ilhat our pro- cluction will undergo a still greater increase While this may be a stup. enduous task, our farmers we feel, will face larger responsibilities with the greatest courage deter- mination. Our coun ry needs the supplies, and we mus provide our utmost effort in our corn- ml tments. "

sfrlous dry period, following seedin seriously affected the grain crop! many Dflrts oi the cum. As a result the yield of muc n - 84 Brain sullllly is considerably be- low that of ncmiei years.

The yield in the potato crop is one oi the most satisfactory for some years altho h acreage was

(Dy Klrke L. Simpson, Associated Press war Analyst)

aian pincree about Millerovo junction. O I I

"“....."'='“..::.:."r:.i.. .. ..

l‘ I - so yieded a much 1° m” V’ t- lcn than normally

increase , prin ciglly as a realm of the iertliaer s vention policy, of which was to ex the acreage in both grain and root production. some increase has also been ht the acres sewn feeds and wheat. 'l‘hi.a to offset to some extent the educlalondin id in which reference has alrea y '

production, posturage was main- et a. set level during the year. The bonus placed on cream- erv butter has rornoted a better care dairy ca tie herds. The n- 1: “liefiwlw” bywan m t 90 in creemery

minutely‘ the alllll

‘T’ "Pi ti...“ 1m flvilttmiiil

The tion of e free freight (Contained on fill! l. Ooi s)

butter and incre in

cilia‘ i‘ vii

The indicated rapidity oi the Russian advance welt and southwest of the still widening Don front, now a week old, again raises the ques- tion as to whether it caught the Neale already back-tracking to a short- ep front and better communications in the Donets Benin.

That was suggested by a Berlin broadcast at the outset of the soviet push across the Don and down the Voroneah-Rostov railway. It does not seem logical, however, that a Neal

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Current Moscow accounts picture Miilerovc, communication key to the situation at Stalingrad, as encircled from northwest to southeast by a Ell-mile are of Bed Troops. They also report “hundreds oi thousands" of German and Italian and ltumanian allies still in the Stalingrad

The Voronelh-Kurfl flank ei the bulge would seem eeuiiarly ‘ ' attack to knock the foe back from the

e e e

It might be an element oi Russia strategy to leave the Voronesh- Vynauia stretch of front idle for the present while the offensive; in the south, in the centre about Vyasma-luhev-Velikie Lukle triangle and farther north in the Lake llrnen region were ,.rersed. If the Nazi high command is as short of manpower as appears possible to lmeet these iar aepara‘ ’ lted attacks, they might he compelled to think out the do... mant flout to pl'0VlflQ'tOlllf0l'tldlIlQIit5 elsewhere.

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To that extent the Don tlmut, distinct as are the strategic m. "0"!" l0 be saint-d ""90"!- lnsy also have diversion pogglbfliflgg 1n . li- lllllht Wmliel withdrawal of Nazi fol-egg

like the Vorimelh-Vyasmo sector, open- ing the way for subsequent Soviet drives against those weakened links in the long and irregular German front.

Great

Developments In Farm Activities

Island Farmers Contributed Magnif- icently To Canada ’s eWar Effort On

Pays Tribute To 0r. Maetaren

SABKA Manitoba Dr. Murraly MecLaren

Jim“. N.B., Thursday night:

1 m very sorry to lea-tn of m. Macbarens death. I knew him well

retreat on the middle Don would ‘ also irom of ‘ ~' _ Bus-

‘IOON. Doc. 25-(6?) - m Hon. John Bracken, Premier of 5981161118 Qhristmas here with his bll-YCBI-Old mother, paid the following tribute tonight. to Hon_ former Minister of Pensions and National Health. m. MBCLflNfl died 1n soul

Don Area

Former N.B. LL-Gov. Dead

HON. MURRAY ltlacbrmEN

Former LicuL-Gov. oi New Briana- wick who died Thursday’.

SAINT JOHN, _N.B., Dec. (OP)—City, Province and Domin- ’ Eve nwumed

the passing of a distinguished um

n from a cold It was a. life

held owslullding place;

illg and saving life

his pruvlnw as T1190

at Ottawa.

Dr Miifilailféfl posted amv his ozlld year but to the r-rui his

aged special

bc inf‘ dzlllvi i tors, two

Hooper, Ottawa,

R. AfaoL-nrzll, both of semi. Jolm. D. Laurence MlicLnrell, former Mayor of this city. is a nephew.

passed away six yours ago.

Big Battle ‘ Seen Pending

I I """"""*=r In Tunlsla

as member" of the House o

molls and as Minister of the Crown

at Ottawa.

"I 1m horny to recall that neither DBTWBBINP nolr sectionalism was allowed to influence his Judgment on the Public matters we had to deal w th. His sympathetic ap- Drewh to the various problem we wok to Ottawa will always remain pleasant memory. I W“ therefore well understand the was held his fellow citiarna to whom, and his more intimate friends and relative: "I extend my sincere B .

inmymindas

gyish esteem in which he b0

B. c. Potato‘

Growers 0ppose-

Price Boiling

has been ap the potato Oolumbia lower mainland

cc situation in oilowlng

tration officials sold today. The appointment of Mr.

Board.

Vancouver last night

situation.

ltitgllwlicl umish, l) . A.i".c , th

Do ILOT IV. 10. e ilOt w

from Brest, is , csulned

action.

OTTAWA, Dec. 26~(OP)— V. P. Robinson, a member of the Prices Board regional staff at Vancouver, nted to report on British a threat growers that they would halt deliveries. food adminis-

itobin- eon wcs made at the request oi the growers, who are asking for prices higher than those permitted by a ceiling recently announced by the

About 2.000 growers assembled at _ said they wcuri halt all potato shilliidhts, m. eluding those to the munitions de-

.P ‘s. s. miller, o found the German battles ips Gneisengu and Schamhorst after thegugacape

Increasilfgthutroi Act-

ivity Is Reported From Front. LONDON, Dec. 25 ~—<(;l"»-- Ill-

winter rein. This activity still feeler thrusts. The miller apparently

for wm- madllnes on both sides. There still were no ‘siizhli mnior Clash on the Llbynn where the ficotlnil

and fight, and tihe Osirro oom-

quarters as shying there had

by definite tendency on the

the North Tunisian front.

tinue very long."

continually llluvinfi (more into Tunisia in preparation for showdown nllri added orimlyz~

a lot of stuff there."

artment for servicemen b Jan. “m”; gen"; ‘ughm-M ha,‘ sRokcIll-lun made it plain, however, w u, mmegm, "n", of e m,“ t at the Altos also are rapid

tlons.

the British are lining to move su -he sa'd.

C0llv0_\‘s rlav and night mud over dangerous roads.“

in

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that evening at his residence hare.

bllsied with many affairs-hm DYOIPSSlOlI, in which he ills years as a soldier clilnaxefi by a career in the first great _we_r that saw him overseas alleviating suffer- and that brought him new dlutinction and further ‘honors to arid in an al- ready lenlyt-sy list: his service to Whlllb-GOV- ernor and b0 city and llrovillce and all Crmzlda as e. cabinet, minister

in his lntllkzsi in the platters i-ilzlt ell- inteltsl, was. can, Even a serious accident which him in Aurust 1939, failed to divert; illm from his hopes and purposes relative to these affairs.

Dr. MHCLENLI is survived by two a sons and two sis- ters. Tilt: dallizlliuzl: are Mrs. George amt Miss Mar-

soas. Tllu sisters ale Miss Chris- ilnn J_ lfllcbarcn anll "ll/Ur"- Sophia

Dr. MucLalvrnis u-ife, ilk? former _ Olivia Mary Nicholson, Saint John, new ml cooperate mm Gan Gib

creasing activity on the ‘Tunisian

though the battle area. oozed wtl; mud under fresh downpmlfe 0

consisted of battle waited only for an UP‘ portuns moment and solid footins the ‘heavy tanks and moinriled

of a front. remnnnts of Rommel‘; Army would not stand

munique said there was "nothing to report" from the forces pursu-

"We cannot say what it may por- tend“, he sold "but you can be sure this atete of affairs cannot con-